Where does “merah jambu” come from?

merah jambu (Malay) comes from Malay merah, from Malay mirah, from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

merah jambu (Malay): pink

Definitions

  1. pink

Ancestry of “merah jambu”, step by step

merah jambu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay merah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymerahred
2MalaymirahObsolete form of merah
3Proto-Malayic(mA-)irah—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

via Malay jambu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjamburose apple
2Sanskritजम्बुthe rose apple tree; the shrub नागदमनी; the rose...

Words derived from “merah jambu”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah →Every word from Malay mirah →
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